Heavy metal pollution is one of the most important environmental concerns which affects the human life. In order to remove heavy metals, using adsorbents with biological origin is interesting because of their high yield and low expenses. Fungi, especially zygomycetes, are able to remove heavy metals from aqueous solutions. Dimorphic fungus, Mucor indicus is one of the best microorganisms for ethanolic fermentation from lignocelluloses. It also has a chitosan rich cell wall which makes it a good adsorbent for heavy metal removal. In this thesis, the biomass of M. indicus was used to produce different fungal biosorbents. First, copper ions biosorption using chitosan obtained by deacetylation of shrimp chitin and chitosan extracted from M. indicus cell wall were compared. Both chitosans could remove copper ions from aqueous solution with a similar performance. Biosorption process was faster for fungal chitosan and reached equilibrium within three hours. With increasing pH, biosorption capacity was increased, while temperature did not affect the process. Evaluating the performance of M. indicus and its derivatives including cell wall and cell wall components (chitin and chitosan rich fraction) in copper ions removal from aqueous solutions showed that fungal biomass, alkali treated biomass (AIM), and extracted chitosans could effectively remove copper ions. Furthermore, the acid type used for chitosan extraction did not considerably affect the biosorption capacity of chitosans (or chitins), while the process for the biosorbents obtained using acetic acid was faster than that using hydrochloric acid. Biosorption capacity of fungal chitosan and AIM was similar, and the untreated biomass had a weaker performance in comparison to the treated one. Fungal chitin biosorption capacity enhanced with a simple alkali washing. Higher pH values enhanced biosorption capacities. Filamentous and yeast-like morphologies were also used for copper removal from aqueous solutions. For both morphologies, FTIR analysis and potentiometric titration showed the presence of carboxylic, phosphate, and amine groups on cell’s surface. Lipid did not show a considerable effect on biosorption. Basic treatment increased biomass biosorption capacity. Biosorption occurred through ion exchange, complex formation, and physical adsorption. Langmuire model predicted a higher adsorption capacity for filamentous form than the yeast-like one. Alkali treated biomass of both morphologies showed similar performance for copper removal. Ho’s pseudo-second order model predicted the kinetics data of all biosorbents. The order of fungal biosorbents capacity for removal of copper ions presented in effluent of an industrial unit was: chitosan AIM filamentous form biomagt;alkali washed chitin yeast-like biomagt;chitin.